HC Deb 20 April 1970 vol 800 cc39-40W
Mr. Hobden

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the amount of money borrowed each year by Brighton Corporation from the Public Works Loan Board as a percentage of total expenditure from 1951 to 1969.

Mr. Denis Howell:

The information is as follows:

Year Loans by the PWLB Total capital expenditure other than debt redemption Column (2) as a percentage of column (3)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
£ £ Per cent.
1950–51 828,000* 1,234,636 67
1951–52 622,000* 1,477,093 42
1952–53 363,000* 1,664.087 22
1953–54 216,000* 1,450,560 15
1954–55 Nil 1,698,714 Nil
1955–56 Nil 1,821,358 Nil
1956–57 Nil 2,184,001 Nil
1957–58 Nil 2,034,135 Nil
1958–59 Nil 1,830,625 Nil
1959–60 Nil 1,903,368 Nil
1960–61 Nil 2,855,783 Nil
1962–63 Nil 3,795,864 Nil
1963–64 Nil 4,228,882 Nil
1964–65 900,000 5,677,240 16
1965–66 3,900,000 6,229,123 63
1966–67 1,638,000 5,400,834 30
1967–68 1,277,000 5,097,138 25
1968–69 1,050,000 4,017,012 26

*These amounts exclude loans which have been fully repaid. Records of such loans are not available.